NEW YORK — He let it fly from the left side of the court as the shot clock was close to expiring. And for a moment, Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman's 3-pointer sat on the back of the iron.
Then sat there some more ...
U-M's senior shooting guard has a gift for making the play that sneakily changes the flow of a game, and he did it again Saturday afternoon at Madison Square Garden, against his school's biggest rival, in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament.
Some 3 minutes remained when Abdur-Rahkman rose up to shoot. His team held a five-point lead, with Michigan State desperately making one more push.